AJ Kelton

2025 Power Players in Education PoliticsNY & amNY are proud to present the annual Power Players in Education list. The 2025 Power Players in Education list looks to honor the dedicated

Kudos to Brian Krist (History), who was named one of the 2025 Power Players in Education by PoliticsNY. politicsny.com/power-lists/...

Kudos to Natascia Boeri (Sociology), whose teaching materials for Clemson’s Civic Engagement & Voting Rights Teacher Scholars Prog are online, which aims to strengthen civic/voter rights edu thru innovative/open-access pedagogical resources in the humanities/social sciences open.clemson.edu/cohort2/

Kudos to my friend Denise O’Shea (University Libraries), on her appointment as Dean of University Libraries. Yay Denise! (so deserving)

Nutley - Belleville Celebrate Columbus Day A Week Late Under Sunny Skies Nutley-Belleville Columbus & Italian Heritage Parade returns after washout, honoring local leaders. Click for honorees & parade highlights!

Kudos to Cristina Latino (Humanities and Social Sciences), who was honored as the 2025 Renaissance Woman of the Year by the Nutley-Belleville Columbus Day Parade. www.tapinto.net/towns/nutley...

I LOVED this show as a kid - including Mr. Greenjeans. (p.s. and I owned a schwinn)

So encouraged to see so many people turn out for the No Kings protest today.

And I’m taken by the lack of people of color I’ve seen in the pictures.

I know people who would not attend because they were afraid that ICE would pull them off the street.

#TheFearIsReal
#ICEisDomesticTerrorism

Kudos to Deborah Chatr Aryamontri (Classics and General Humanities), participated in the 2025 Conference of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States along with her student mentee, Omar Ibrahim. Omar presented his paper on the engineering challenges at the Roman Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek.

Kudos to Christopher Parker (Classics and General Humanities), has published a memoir titled, What Can You Do for Poetry? in Issue 53, 2025 of the Paterson Literary Review.

Joseph Del Russo (Adjunct, Social Work and Child Advocacy) is quoted in this NorthJersey.com article about a high stakes sexual assault lawsuit involving a Delbarton School graduate. www.northjersey.com/story/news/n...

NJ governor's race: What's next for mental health response programs? | NJ Spotlight News Next governor will have wide discretion over support for mental health emergency response programs

@drjwilliams.bsky.social (Justice Studies) is quoted in this NJ Spotlight News article about how the state’s governor’s race will impact mental health response programs. www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/10/nj-g...

Jonathan Howell (Linguistics) is quoted in this NorthJersey.com article about the New Jersey “accent.” www.northjersey.com/story/news/n...

Montclair’s French Program Earns National “Exemplary with Honors” Designation Montclair State University’s French Program has been designated “Exemplary with Honors” by the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF), making it the only university to receive this distinct...

Kudos to #MontclairStateUniversity ’s #French Program, which has been designated “Exemplary with Honors” by the American Association of Teachers of French ( #AATF), making it the only university to receive this distinction in 2025. www.montclair.edu/chss/2025/10...

Silencing Dissent: How the Tech Backlash Threatens Transitional Justice As governments weaponise surveillance, disinformation, and internet shutdowns, the struggle for transitional justice is being fought on digital frontlines, where memory can be erased before truth and ...

Kudos to Arnaud Kurze (Justice Studies), who wrote an article for the Global Governance Institute on how technology risks being a threat to transitional justice. www.globalgovernance.eu/publications...

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: 9780143138730 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books Austen's most popular novel, the unforgettable story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, now in a collectible Deluxe Edition celebrating the 250th anniversary of the author's birth Generations of read...

Kudos to Patricia Mathew (English), whose deluxe editions of two Jane Austen novels were published by Penguin Random House as a part of the global celebration of Jane Austin’s 250th birthday. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/773425...

NJ teen motorist in deadly hit-and-run could be charged as an adult — after juvenile charges spark outrage Vinnie Battiloro has been charged as a juvenile with two counts of first-degree murder.

My pal @drjwilliams.bsky.social (Justice Studies) is quoted in this #NewYorkPost article about the 17-year-old accused of a deadly hit-and-run in #Cranford. nypost.com/2025/10/04/u...

Why Montclair State University is a Nationally Recognized ‘Dream School’ Montclair excels in career preparation, student belonging and academic opportunities – featured in new book ‘Dream School: Finding the College That’s Right for You’

#MontclairStateUniversity Nationally Recognized as a ‘Dream School’ The University is featured among 75 institutions in bestselling author Jeff Selingo’s new book Dream School: Finding the College That’s Right for You. www.montclair.edu/newscenter/2...

#RIP Diane Keaton

SOOOO disappointed. I put in for advanced tickets to see #Wicked: For Good a couple days before its national release. The email came in yesterday at 9am and I just saw it now - and all the seats in the limited theaters close to home are gone. 😥. Guess we'll just have to wait the few days.

Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for

Tim leads the way, again - like a shining light in a darkening world. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

So sad, RIP Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced Boo-kay)

Patricia Routledge, British Sitcom Icon and Star of ‘Keeping Up Appearances,’ Dies at 96

Incorrectly is the only word that, when spelled correctly, is still spelled incorrectly.

Creating Healthy Communities 2025 Creating Healthy Communities Convening will bring together more than 500 people from across the United States who are thinking, working and innovating at the intersections of arts and culture, public ...

Kudos to Shelley Watkins-Taylor ( #WritingStudies), who has received a grant from the New Jersey Performing Arts Center ( #NJPAC) to attend the Creating Healthy Communities Convening Conference which will explore the pursuit of arts, writing and mental health. www.njpac.org/creating-hea...

The Medieval Womb - Arc Humanities Press This study of the twelfth-century German abbess Hildegard of Bingen examines her understanding of the womb through her medical work Cause et cure and visio...

#Kudos #Kudos to Minji Lee ( #Religion), who published an open-access monograph examining twelfth-century #German abbess #Hildegard of Bingen's conceptualization of the womb. www.arc-humanities.org/978180270039...

#Kudos to Milton Fuentes ( #Psychology), who has been selected to receive the Alberto Figueroa-Garcia Distinguished Contributions to Organizational Leadership Award by the National #Latinx Psychological Association.

Urban appetite for lemur meat piles pressure on iconic primates ANTANANARIVO — Ninety-five percent of lemur species are threatened by habitat loss, hunting and climate change. The direct threat is often understood to result from the actions of poor rural communiti...

Cortni Borgerson ( #Anthropology ) is featured in an article for #Mongabay, an nonprofit publication reporting on nature and planetary challenges. The article discusses the lucrative urban market for #lemur meat in cities across #Madagascar. news.mongabay.com/2025/10/urba...

Where NJ's governor hopefuls stand on police transparency • New Jersey Monitor Criminal justice reformers warn that neither major-party candidate vying to become NJ's new governor plans to expand police transparency.

@drjwilliams.bsky.social Jason Williams (Justice Studies) is quoted in this New Jersey Monitor article about where New Jersey’s gubernatorial candidates stand on police transparency. newjerseymonitor.com/2025/09/29/w...